The Ground Shots Podcast is an audio project exploring our relationship to ecology through conversations and storytelling

How do we do our work in the modern age, when the urgency of ecological and social collapse feels looming? How do we creatively and whole-heartedly navigate our relationships with one another and the land?

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The podcast explores story, connection, heart and grit : what drives people to love our earth, creatively express ideas and passions about our living world, tend the wilds or walk long distances across the land?

Latest episodes:

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Episode #84: We all eat the Colorado River: this watershed is a microcosm of our society with Jeff Wagner

Episode #84: We all eat the Colorado River: this watershed is a microcosm of our society with Jeff Wagner

Episode #83: Callie Russell on tending ecosystems with goats

Episode #82: Jason Hone on biblical ethnobotany and ecology of the holy lands

Episode #81: Ethan Bonnin on Ecological Degradation at the Borderlands

Episode #81: Ethan Bonnin on Ecological Degradation at the Borderlands

Episode #80: Elizabeth Yaari on regenerating desert land at the Night Owl Food Forest in Paonia, Colorado

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Episode #79: Samantha Zipporah on radical fertility & the politics of birth

Episode #78: Jacquie Hill on the medicine of Ponderosa Pine and botanical research ethics

Episode #78: Jacquie Hill on the medicine of Ponderosa Pine and botanical research ethics

Episode #77: Calyx Liddick of Northern Appalachia School on the historical connection between ecological conservation and eugenics

Episode #76: Sylvia Poareo on Planting Seeds of Collective and Inclusive Regeneration

Episode #76: Sylvia Poareo on Planting Seeds of Collective and Inclusive Regeneration

Episode #75: Kelly solo on teaching riparian ecology, preparing for a season on the land

Episode #74: Alex Zubia on the importance of good food, community and love in Fresno, California

Episode #74: Alex Zubia on the importance of good food, community and love in Fresno, California

Episode #73: Kelly solo on borders, rising to the occasion, weaving ecologies and land immersion

Episode #73: Kelly solo on borders, rising to the occasion, weaving ecologies and land immersion

Episode #72: Lisa Ganora on molecular level connection, the magic of herbal constituents

Episode #72: Lisa Ganora on molecular level connection, the magic of herbal constituents

Episode #71: writer, botanist, Susan Tweit on being a walking ecosystem, writing the deserts of the West

Episode #71: writer, botanist, Susan Tweit on being a walking ecosystem, writing the deserts of the West

Episode #70: checking in with Sarah Galvin: internal and external landscape tracking to address ancestral trauma, mothering in the modern world

Episode #69: Nikki Hill with Sigh Moon on Botany as Archaeology, to Stop a Lithium Mine

Episode #68: Wild Tending Series / A conversation in a Camas meadow. Adam Larue of Sharpening Stone on tending wild plants in southern Oregon

Episode #67: Ted Packard on bodies as a multiplicity, coyote-trickster troubadour-ing, music as ecological channeling, kids and nature connection, & creating communities of mutuality

Episode #67: Ted Packard on bodies as a multiplicity, coyote-trickster troubadour-ing, music as ecological channeling, kids and nature connection, & creating communities of mutuality

Episode #66: An ode to Doug Elliott, Appalachian storyteller, herbalist and naturalist (plus photo diary)

Episode #65: Wild Tending Series / Dave Meesters and Janet Kent of the Terra Sylva School of Botanical Medicine on disempowering the engines of disruption through intentional land-tending

Episode #64: Mary Morgaine Plantwalker of Herb Mountain Farm on care-taking a botanical sanctuary in Appalachia

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Episode #63: A life of living in the wilderness, fermenting on the road and facing the immediacy of death with Marissa Percoco

Episode #62: Chama Woydak of Homegrown Families on birth, death, and land connection

Episode #61: Jillian Ashley aka. Jill Trashley on the origins of the NOHM collective, nomadic business, community & plant tending across ecologies [plus photo diary]

How can we find bridges of commonality with the land as our shared interest and concern?

earlier episodes:

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Episode #60: Land Diary / Southern Appalachia and Nettles in Spring

Episode #59: Is there such a thing as an "Invasive Species"? A conversation with Matt Chew Ph.d. hosted by Kollibri terre Sonnenblume, Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford

Episode #58: A conversation with Sean Croke of the Hawthorn School of Plant Medicine out of Olympia, WA

Episode #57: Gabe Crawford interviews Angela Moles P.h.D. on the rapid evolutionary responses of plants due to climate change, challenging scientific dogma

Episode #56: Dan Nanamkin part two: Gabe Crawford catches up with Dan on how his indigenous community stepped up to Covid, updates on the Young Warrior Society

Episode #55: Téo Montoya part two: the role of indigenous futurism in world building

Episode #54: Sarah Galvin of House of Yore on the need for madness and chaos medicine in our culture

Episode #53: Wild Tending Series / Gabe and Kelly on ecological history, anthropogenic landscapes and the negative side of conservation

Episode #52: Kelly speaks about her upbringing and the Ground Shots Podcast origins

Episode #51: Wild Tending Series / Ali Meders-Knight on integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into landscape management

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Episode #50: Anna-Marija Helt on poisonous plants of the southern Rockies, bridging tradition and science in herbalism

Episode #49: Wild Tending Series/ Forest Farming in the Ozarks with Wren Haffner and Ini Giesbrecht of Mountain Jewel Center for Earth Connection

Episode #48: Kelly & Gabe with Téo Montoya on the Colorado Trail: indigenous futurism, finding sacredness in all places

Episode #47: Sharon Kallis in Vancouver, BC on creatives as unique problemsolvers for ecological issues, using invasive plants in community building through craft

Episode #46: Kelly and Gabe reflect from mile 300 of the Colorado Trail on Texas Creek, west side of the Collegiate Loop

Episode #45: John Mahkewa on the wisdom of clay

Episode #44: Ramona Moonflower on protecting the Redwoods in the 90's, using forest therapy to re-connect to place

Episode #43: Kelly and Gabe reflect on the first six segments of their Plant-a-go on the Colorado Trail

Episode #42: Charity Cimarron of Mother Marrow out of Asheville, NC on intentional creativity in connection to the land

Episode #41: Wild tending series / Michael Ridge of Walking with Western Wildflowers on living nomadically year-round wild-tending on horseback (plus photo diary)

Episode #40: Samuel Bautista Lazo on coming back to the Corn during pandemic, destructive corporate intrusion on indigenous communities in Mexico

Episode #40: Samuel Bautista Lazo on coming back to the Corn during pandemic, destructive corporate intrusion on indigenous communities in Mexico

Episode #39: Dan Nanamkin on the importance of indigenous led skill-share with sovereignty camps

Episode #38: Jim Croft with Brien Beidler in Santa, Idaho on making books and paper from the ground up (plus photo diary)

Episode #37: Wild Tending Series / Dara Saville on riparian regeneration in the Southwest with the Yerba Mansa Project

Episode #36: Wild Tending series / Zach Elfers of Nomad Seed on experiential ethnobotany, propagating bioregional wild foods in the eastern woodlands and prairies

Episode #35: Kollibri terre Sonnenblume on the Failures of Farming and the Necessity of Wildtending

Episode #34: Hannah Schiller of Foliage Botanics on bioregional herbalism, place-based medicine making, the importance of letter writing

Episode #33: Wild Tending series / Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford on re-thinking the concept of invasive plants

Episode #32: Brien Beidler and Mary Sullivan on the importance of the crafts of bookbinding and papermaking

Episode #31: Wild Tending series / Nikki Hill and Gabe Crawford on the basics of wild-tending

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Episode #30: Laura Pendell on the work of the late Dale Pendell: ethnobotanist, poet and writer who conducted unique and important research on 'power plants'

Episode #29 Marc Williams on the Green Path, the urgency of 're-localizing' and accessibility issues around learning land-based skills

Episode #28 Tamara Wilder on wild foods in northern California, animal processing, wild tending and the importance of ancient technologies

Episode #27: Katie Russell on building political and cultural bridges with the Buffalo Bridge Project outside of Yellowstone National Park

Episode #25/26: Lisa Schonberg on using acoustic ecology to study ants in the Amazon and endemic bees in Hawai'i, making science accessible through musical composition

Episode #24: A musical ode to the Arrowleaf Balsamroot: a morning with Epona and Rainan Heathen at the Saskatoon Circle Gathering, in the Methow Valley, Washington

Episode #23: Steven Edholm of Skillcult on bark-tanning leather naturally

Episode #22: An evening in Santa, Idaho with Alyssa Sacora of the Patchwork Underground on The Ground Shots Project, travel, trauma, love, old ways of making things, connecting to the land

Episode #21: Alicia Toldi on promoting accessible artist residencies with the Piney Wood Atlas project, spoon carving and post-permaculture training reflections

Episode #20 Freddie Mango Roots on Korean Natural Farming in Hawai'i, growing up in the deep south, culturing culture and a Kaua'i Food Forest plant walk

Episode #19: Hannah Smith on hut caretaking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, writing as an act of noticing, giving care to a dying earth

Episode #18: Amy Armantrout of Scavenge Magic of Eugene, OR on infusing planetary grief into garments with Black Walnut, scavenging to shift land relationships

Episode #18: Amy Armantrout of Scavenge Magic of Eugene, OR on infusing planetary grief into garments with Black Walnut, scavenging to shift land relationships

Episode #17: The Kaua'i Food Forest with Paul Massey and Rob Cruz (plus photo diary)

Episode #17: The Kaua'i Food Forest with Paul Massey and Rob Cruz (plus photo diary)

Episode #16: Lindsey Leach on trauma informed council for children, systematic racism in Richmond, VA, revisioning history

Episode #15: The road, death and common ground: Sam Sycamore of the Good Life Revival Podcast

Episode # 14: Aimee Joyaux of Cornmeal Press out of Petersburg, VA on processing our times through radical art making

Episode #13: Aganaq Kostenborder on weaving with Willow, reconsidering weaving with culturally sensitive plants, getting to know plants over time

Episode #12: Turtle T. Turtlington on mead making, changing culture through fermentation, working with edgy plants, alchemy, alcohol and the poison path.

Episode # 11: Woniya Thibeault on connecting to the wild through ancestral skills, farming, hide tanning and cultural sensitivity, Woniya's book projects and more.

Episode #10: Adam Stolte and his Goats. Thoughts on modern day pastoralism, the domestic realm, Pacific Northwest plants for goat forage, and more.

Episode #9: Christiana Hedlund on dedication to an art and craft practice, the feeling of color, place informed design

Episode #8: Mario Tarasco, N.D., on navigating accessibility of care in Naturopathic medicine, harm reduction approaches working with addiction, the opiate crisis and more.

Episode #8: Mario Tarasco, N.D., on navigating accessibility of care in Naturopathic medicine, harm reduction approaches working with addiction, the opiate crisis and more.

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Episode #7: Rebecca Beyer on syncretism in Appalachian Folk Herbalism, moral questions surrounding wildcrafting, cultural appropriation and more.

Episode #6: Tilke Elkins on Investigating Color with Natural Pigments, Questions Surrounding Pigment Harvest, Defining Wilderness

Episode #5: Ryan Pierce on the work of Signal Fire, an organization that unites art, activism and the outdoors

Episode #4: Turtle T. Turtlington on the TransCalifornia Trail & the importance of pilgrimage

Episode #3: Laurie Quesinberry on traditional Appalachian root digging in Laurel Fork, VA, issues around wildcrafting woodland medicinals and more.

Episode #2: Emily Stock on being an herbalist in Moab, medicine making using the stars, Bear's Ears National Monument and public lands issues in Utah

Episode #2: Emily Stock on being an herbalist in Moab, medicine making using the stars, Bear's Ears National Monument and public lands issues in Utah

Episode #1: Samuel Bautista Lazo on Weaving in Oaxaca, Colonialism, the importance of making things from the land

Episode #1: Samuel Bautista Lazo on Weaving in Oaxaca, Colonialism, the importance of making things from the land

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